Journal of Law and Society

Top Research Topics at Journal of Law and Society?

The journal mostly deals with topics like Law, Politics, Law and economics, Criminology and Context (language use). Law studies presented in the journal focus on topics such as State (polity), Economic Justice, Human rights, Government and Legislation. Journal of Law and Society explores topics in Politics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Political economy and Public administration.

More specifically, the research on Criminology in the journal is related to Criminal justice.

• Law (50.58%)
• Politics (16.40%)
• Law and economics (13.08%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Law: A Map of Misreading. Toward a Postmodern Conception of Law (424 citations)
• Accountability in the Regulatory State (346 citations)
• Regulating More Effectively: The Relationship between Procedural Justice, Legitimacy, and Tax Non-compliance (282 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Law and Society:

The published papers are mainly concerned with subjects like Law, Politics, Law and economics, Corporate governance and Criminology. The Law study tackled in the journal publications is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Context (language use). While the most cited papers focused on Politics, they were also able to explore topics like Postmodernism, Gender studies and Normative.

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Journal of Law and Society (based on the number of publications) are:

• Roger Cotterrell (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Sally Wheeler (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• David Campbell (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Robert Lee (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Linda Mulcahy (9 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Law and Society (based on the number of publications) are:

• Cardiff University (64 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Bristol (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
• London School of Economics and Political Science (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Leeds (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Kent (22 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2022 edition, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.